CROSSWORD

Puzzle No 1116

Clues across

5. Pure free lance (5) 6. Ghastly bra came undone (7) 8. Pole comes in to imply it is most cosy (8) 9. “We Shall Overcome!” I start to sing during break (6) 10. Rain too badly, get a big lake (7) 11. Be a snitch during class (6) 13. Doris Lessing provides the setting for “A Little Bit of Land” (4) 15. It’s very black and hiding in the spider-web on your window (5) 16. It is not professional holding diamonds for such a woman (4) 17. Carries on and pretends to be winning (4,2) 18. Partisan with a Nelsonian manner (3-4) 21. Trendy and egotistical, but to no avail (2,4) 23. Make tinier change or not on the outside (8) 24. Prominent boxer once sent outside (7) 25. Wordy, disorderly and raucous (5)

Clues down

1. No queueing required, I’m told, but it’s insubstantial (10) 2. Finish with Listener to become attractive (6) 3. A shortage making mark on Napier, for example (8) 4. Some sort of bird in women’s lib I see (4) 5. The positive attitude seen in some individuals and in company (3-2) 6. More toilets go wrong for a prognosticator (13) 7. Made certain end user is confused (7) 12. Adult wrongfully doctored (5,5) 14. Extra servings of inferior goods (7) 15. Former head of police finished being paid out (8) 19. Eye rat running around restaurant (6) 20. Day with a missing animal park back in its place: a strikingly unique thing (5) 22. Left occupying chopper in revolutionary centre (4)